The Essentials of Durga Puja

Specific items are needed for each day of Durga Puja. There is a
detailed method to worshiping Goddess Durga that are mentioned in the
scriptures. Items which are needed for the ritual worship of the goddess
should be collected beforehand so that the ritual is performed smoothly. The
list of essentials of Durga Puja are:

Other Items : Water camphor and perfumed sandal wood
paste. soil - extracted from elephant tusks, from the teeth of the pig, from
the horns of the ox, from the bank of rivers Ganga and Saraswati, from both
the banks of a river, from a place where four roads intersect, from palaces,
from the ant hill, from the mountains, Vishnu toilo.

Items needed for the Shashthi puja of Goddess Durga: Food Offerings: A stem of wood apple with fruits, green
coconut with stalk, an earthen bowl full of atop, three bowls of madhupakka,
sesame seeds, curd, honey, clarified butter, sugar, three big noibiddos, one
small noibiddo, bhoger drobbadi, aaratir drobbadi, grain, fruits, one dozen
bananas with a single stem, white mustard seeds.